Appendix D
Regional summaries of water allocation

By region

Auckland Regional Council

Consents (number)

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Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 113 29 142
Industrial 146 28 174
Irrigation 703 191 894
Stock 61 10 71
Total 1,023 258 1,281

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 510,733 2,594,619 3,105,352
Industrial 469,430 607,144 1,076,573
Irrigation 818,489 455,694 1,274,183
Stock 23,940 6,713 30,653
Total 1,822,592 3,664,169 5.486,761

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Summer Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 10,821,928 61,677,933 72,499,860
Industrial 7,489,040 14,928,258 22,417,297
Irrigation 8,526,919 6,167,524 14,694,443
Stock 387,089 118,410 505,499
Total 27,224,974 82,892,124 110,117,098

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Note: Summer season is for the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 21,643,855 123,355,865 144,999,720
Industrial 14,978,079 29,856,515 44,834,594
Irrigation 9,285,760 6,412,409 15,698,169
Stock 774,177 236,820 1,010,997
Total 46,681,871 159,861,609 206,543,480

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Horticulture 3,175 1,002 4,176
Pasture 266 890 1,156
Recreational 564 155 719
Orchards 129 84 213
 Total (ha) 4,134 2,130 6,264

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Environment Bay of Plenty

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 43 23 66
Flood control   1 1
Hydro   7 7
Industrial 27 40 67
Irrigation 627 286 913
Stock 4 2 6
Total 701 359 1,060

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 825,432 1,678,723 2,504,156
Hydro   48,254,846 48,254,846
Industrial 248,747 2,903,916 3,152,663
Irrigation 2,888,229 2,788,965 5,677,193
Stock 1,416 3,842 5,258
Total 3,963,824 55,630,291 59,594,115

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 21,453,832 43,646,803 65,100,635
Hydro   1,254,625,994 1,254,625,994
Industrial 6,467,416 75,495,748 81,963,163
Irrigation 53,204,198 50,459,542 103,663,740
Stock 36,819 99,882 136,700
Total 81,162,264 1,424,327,968 1,505,490,232

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 42,876,664 87,293,606 130,170,270
Hydro   2,509,251,987 2,509,251,987
Industrial 12,934,831 150,956,621 163,891,452
Irrigation 55,031,844 52,187,737 107,219,581
Stock 73,637 199,763 273,400
Total 110,916,976 2,799,889,715 2,910,806,690

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use typeGroundwater Surface water Total
Horticulture 5,718 3,160 8,878
Pasture 2,028 5,112 7,140
Recreational 106 83 189
Unspecified 13   13
 Total (ha) 7,866 8,356 16,222

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Environment Canterbury

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 302 74 376
Hydro   17 17
Industrial 214 44 258
Irrigation 4,425 997 5,422
Stock 53 60 113
Total 4,994 1,192 6,186

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 6,736,807 1,378,810 8,115,617
Hydro   1,037,779,358 1,037,779,358
Industrial 3,237,346 3,013,020 6,250,366
Irrigation 95,650,665 125,704,015 221,354,679
Stock 119,693 13,462,498 13,582,191
Total 105,744,511 1,181,337,700 1,287,082,211

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 156,596,889 35,674,309 192,271,197
Hydro   26,982,263,308 26,982,263,308
Industrial 80,915,858 78,088,619 159,004,478
Irrigation 1,498,335,166 2,037,316,993 3,535,652,160
Stock 2,306,539 349,987,744 352,294,283
Total 1,738,154,452 29,483,330,973 31,221,485,426

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 313,193,777 71,348,618 384,542,395
Hydro   53,964,526,616 53,964,526,616
Industrial 161,831,717 156,177,238 318,008,955
Irrigation 1,515,227,532 2,068,170,414 3,583,397,946
Stock 4,613,078 699,975,488 704,588,566
Total 1,994,866,104 56,960,198,374 58,955,064,478

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Arable 22,133 9,225 31,358
Horticulture 9,195 43,893 53,089
Pasture 339,459 250,743 590,202
Recreational 925 113 1,038
Unspecified 1,172 921 2,093
Viticulture 1,577 770 2,348
Total (ha)  374,461 305,667 680,128

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Environment Southland

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 17 46 63
Flood Control   1 1
Hydro   6 6
Industrial 43 38 81
Irrigation 73 16 89
Stock 683 29 712
Total 816 136 952

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 266,409 449,053 715,462
Hydro   319,392,009 319,392,009
Industrial 248,113 679,687 927,800
Irrigation 2,133,493 305,542 2,439,034
Stock 428,191 25,832 454,022
Total 3,076,205 320,852,122 323,928,327

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 6,356,438 11,707,455 18,063,893
Hydro   8,304,973,946 8,304,973,946
Industrial 6,181,420 17,720,403 23,901,823
Irrigation 28,809,365 6,379,950 35,189,315
Stock 11,039,389 673,472 11,712,862
Total 52,386,613 8,341,455,227 8,393,841,839

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
 Drinking 12,712,876 23,414,911 36,127,787
 Hydro   16,609,947,892 16,609,947,892
 Industrial 12,362,840 35,440,807 47,803,647
 Irrigation 28,841,138 6,379,950 35,221,088
 Stock 22,078,779 1,346,945 23,425,724
 Total 75,995,633 16,676,530,504 16,752,526,136

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
 Arable   23 23
 Horticulture 439 15 454
 Nursery 1 2 3
 Pasture 8,331 855 9,186
 Recreational 153   153
 Total (ha) 8,924 895 9,819

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Environment Waikato

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 136 103 239
Flood Control   7 7
Hydro   17 17
Industrial 80 104 184
Irrigation 157 180 337
Stock 76 18 94
Total 449 429 878

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 371,826 4,605,028 4,976,854
Flood Control   40,514,768 40,514,768
Hydro   126,633,556 126,633,556
Industrial 1,498,340 29,533,539 31,031,879
Irrigation 957,131 2,887,631 3,844,762
Stock 83,185 28,247 111,432
Total 2,910,482 204,202,769 207,113,251

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Note: Some Industrial consents are non-consumptive

Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 8,400,148 115,840,241 124,240,389
Flood Control   1,053,383,968 1,053,383,968
Hydro   3,291,753,176 3,291,753,176
Industrial 37,395,938 755,660,969 793,056,907
Irrigation 13,547,990 43,190,014 56,738,004
Stock 1,771,332 725,949 2,497,281
Total 61,115,408 5,260,554,316 5,321,669,724

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 16,800,296 231,680,481 248,480,777
Flood Control   2,106,767,936 2,106,767,936
Hydro   6,583,506,352 6,583,506,352
Industrial 74,785,876 1,511,297,938 1,586,083,814
Irrigation 14,067,793 45,742,586 59,810,379
Stock 3,542,664 1,451,898 4,994,562
Grand Total 109,196,629 10,480,447,191 10,589,643,820

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Note: Some Industrial consents are non-consumptive

Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Horticulture 2,225 1,786 4,011
Pasture 1,638 8,065 9,703
Recreational 120 249 369
Total (ha) 3,983 10,101 14,083

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Gisborne District Council

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 5 5 10
Industrial 5   5
Irrigation 74 56 130
Total 84 61 145

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 81,508 198,587 280,095
Industrial 6,052   6,052
Irrigation 340,102 955,150 1,295,252
Total 427,662 1,153,737 1,581,399

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 2,119,208 5,164,254 7,283,462
Industrial 157,339   157,339
Irrigation 5,441,632 10,275,440 15,717,072
Total 7,718,179 15,439,694 23,157,873

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 4,238,416 10,328,508 14,566,924
Industrial 314,678   314,678
Irrigation 5,441,632 11,616,590 17,058,222
Total 9,994,726 21,945,098 31,939,824

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Arable 1,179 2,746 3,925
Total (ha) 1,179 2,746 3,925

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Greater Wellington Regional Council

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 31 21 52
Hydro   3 3
Industrial 27 10 37
Irrigation 408 177 585
Monitoring 4   4
Other 1   1
Stock 3 7 10
Total 474 218 692

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 2,055,116 3,263,679 5,318,795
Hydro   721,829 721,829
Industrial 143,468 108,765 252,232
Irrigation 3,321,433 3,134,707 6,456,140
Monitoring 420   420
Stock 2,278 1,025,388 1,027,666
Total 5,522,714 8,254,367 13,777,081

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 51,816,608 84,855,654 136,672,262
Hydro   18,818,957 18,818,957
Industrial 3,442,077 2,446,490 5,888,567
Irrigation 75,693,628 47,133,938 122,827,566
Monitoring 10,920   10,920
Stock 35,628 26,660,088 26,695,716
Total 130,998,861 179,915,126 310,913,987

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 103,633,216 169,711,308 273,344,524
Hydro   37,637,914 37,637,914
industrial 6,884,154 4,892,980 11,777,134
Irrigation 83,538,469 49,553,692 133,092,161
Monitoring 21,840   21,840
Stock 71,257 53,320,176 53,391,433
Total 194,148,935 315,116,069 509,265,004

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Arable 374 174 549
Horticulture 489 81 570
Not Specified   672 672
Nursery 10   10
Pasture 7,896 5,190 13,086
Recreational 220 576 796
Viticulture 823 125 949
Total (ha)  9,813 6,818 16,631

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Hawke’s Bay Regional Council

Consents (number)

Primary useGroundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 62 18 80
Hydro   9 9
Industrial 75 22 97
Irrigation 2,037 228 2,265
Stock 2 1 3
Total 2,176 278 2,454

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Note: Data presented here may under represent the surface water takes and over represent the groundwater takes as some wells that are categorised under groundwater are likely to be hydraulically connected to surface water bodies.

Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 1,176,054 173,001 1,349,055
Hydro   127,431,360 127,431,360
Industrial 1,145,877 324,221 1,470,098
Irrigation 8,700,921 3,820,052 12,520,973
Stock 10,488 116,000 126,488
Total 11,033,339 131,864,634 142,897,973

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 36,373,315 4,690,457 41,063,772
Hydro   3,331,419,840 3,331,419,840
Industrial 42,411,692 16,311,961 58,723,653
Irrigation 119,136,021 48,496,033 167,632,053
Stock 269,550 3,016,000 3,285,550
Total 198,190,577 3,403,934,291 3,602,124,869

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 72,746,630 9,380,914 82,127,544
Hydro   6,662,839,680 6,662,839,680
Industrial 84,823,384 32,623,922       117,447,306
Irrigation 124,720,324 51,874,446 176,594,770
Stock 539,100 6,032,000 6,571,100
Total 282,829,438 6,762,750,962 7,045,580,400

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use typeGroundwater Surface water Total
Forestry 1 20 21
Horticulture 20,919 3,868 24,787
Nursery 143   143
Pasture 7,644 7,476 15,119
Recreational 290 1 291
Viticulture 6,129 666 6,795
Total (ha) 35,126 12,030 47,157

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Horizons Regional Council

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 51 49 100
Hydro   24 24
Industrial 49 33 82
Irrigation 224 176 400
Not Specified   1 1
Stock 62 96 158
Total 386 379 765

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 1,142,288 918,946 2,061,234
Hydro   1,542,811,407 1,542,811,407
Industrial 309,824 617,218 927,042
Irrigation 3,378,571 2,935,290 6,313,861
Not Specified   4,900 4,900
Stock 61,184 122,555 183,738
Total 4,891,866 1,547,410,316 1,552,302,182

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 29,701,343 23,892,596 53,593,939
Hydro   40,113,096,587 40,113,096,587
Industrial 7,955,140 16,047,668 24,002,808
Irrigation 44,499,480 48,444,321 92,943,802
Not Specified   127,400 127,400
Stock 1,579,421 3,186,669 4,766,089
Total 83,735,383 40,204,795,241 40,288,530,625

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 59,402,686 47,785,192 107,187,878
Hydro   80,226,193,174 80,226,193,174
Industrial 15,910,279 32,095,336 48,005,615
Irrigation 48,358,501 52,143,987 100,502,488
Not Specified   254,800 254,800
Stock 3,158,841 6,373,337 9,532,178
Total 126,830,307 80,364,845,827 80,491,676,134

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Note: HRC uses 55 m3/s flow rate to assess the hydro takes rather than the consented maximum daily volumes that has been determined to capture flood flows. 

Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Horticulture 1,822 2,357 4,179
Not Specified 3 449 452
Nursery   3 3
Pasture 8,587 7,024 15,611
Recreational 637 10 647
Total (ha) 11,049 9,842 20,891

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Marlborough District Council

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 56 60 116
Hydro   2 2
Industrial 19 17 36
Irrigation 743 513 1,256
Total 818 592 1,410

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 397,772 77,634 475,406
Hydro   24,494,400 24,494,400
Industrial 337,074 11,892 348,966
Irrigation 2,984,596 11,047,091 14,031,687
Total 3,719,442 35,631,017 39,350,459

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 10,283,855 2,012,459 12,296,314
Hydro   638,172,000 638,172,000
Industrial 8,682,198 285,139 8,967,337
Irrigation 44,371,594 128,774,208 173,145,802
Total 63,337,647 769,243,806 832,581,453

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 20,567,711 4,037,237 24,604,948
Hydro   1,276,344,000 1,276,344,000
Industrial 17,369,116 590,438 17,959,554
Irrigation 45,324,280 150,537,065 195,861,345
Total 83,261,107 1,431,508,740 1,514,769,847

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Horticulture 1,153 4,931 6,083
Nursery 3 1 4
Pasture 1,174 9,173 10,347
Recreation 81 19 100
Unspecified 294 4,087 4,381
Viticulture 13,879 20,197 34,076
 Total (ha) 16,583 38,407 54,991

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Nelson City Council

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 3 4 7
Industrial 1 3 4
Irrigation 5 4 9
Stock   1 1
Total 9 12 21

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 187,740 370,587 558,327
Industrial 1,462 980 2,442
Irrigation 826 8,533 9,359
Stock   159 159
Total 190,028 380,259 570,287

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 4,881,240 9,635,262 14,516,502
Industrial 38,002 25,480 63,482
Irrigation 13,216 136,528 149,744
Stock   4,131 4,131
Total 4,932,458 9,801,401 14,733,859

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 9,762,480 19,270,524 29,033,004
Industrial 76,003 50,960 126,963
Irrigation 13,216 136,528 149,744
Stock   8,263 8,263
Total 9,851,699 19,466,275 29,317,974

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Horticulture 1.4 25.4 26.8
Recreational   0.4 0.4
Unspecified 0.9   0.9
Total (ha) 2.3 25.8 28.2

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Northland Regional Council

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Strong
Drinking 81 67 148
Hydro   8 8
Industrial 18 19 37
Irrigation 144 202 346
Stock 6 5 11
Total 249 301 550

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Strong
Drinking 106,041 1,071,259 1,177,300
Hydro   18,272,415 18,272,415
Industrial 157,103 140,875 297,978
Irrigation 156,086 2,837,324 2,993,410
Stock 19,936 2,310 22,246
Total 439,166 22,324,183 22,763,349

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Strong
Drinking 2,467,756 26,308,444 28,776,199
Hydro   474,508,850 474,508,850
Industrial 4,167,327 3,655,490 7,822,817
Irrigation 2,875,463 47,875,675 50,751,138
Stock 510,071 60,085 570,156
Total 10,020,617 552,408,544 562,429,160

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 4,935,512 52,616,887 57,552,399
Hydro   949,017,700 949,017,700
Industrial 8,334,654 7,310,980 15,645,634
Irrigation 2,989,145 48,745,892 51,735,037
Stock 1,020,142 120,170 1,140,312
Total 17,279,453 1,057,811,629 1,075,091,082

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Arable   30 30
Horticulture 914 3,911 4,825
Pasture 74 9,364 9,439
Other   100 100
Total (ha) 988 13,405 14,394

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Otago Regional Council

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 152 136 288
Flood control   3 3
Hydro   50 50
Industrial 90 124 214
Irrigation 312 1,106 1,418
Stock   6 6
Total 554 1,425 1,979

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 623,400 3,349,011 3,972,410
Flood control   362,880 362,880
Hydro   121,412,983 121,412,983
Industrial 1,959,967 19,105,741 21,065,708
Irrigation 2,369,362 60,337,230 62,706,592
Stock   73,496 73,496
Total                  4,952,729             204,641,340 209,594,069

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 13,145,598 84,323,767 97,469,365
Flood control   9,434,880 9,434,880
Hydro   3,136,503,921 3,136,503,921
Industrial 47,495,373 481,279,542 528,774,915
Irrigation 45,458,613 1,032,018,626 1,077,477,238
Stock   1,916,166 1,916,166
Total              106,099,583          4,745,476,902 4,851,576,485

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 26,291,195 168,647,534 194,938,729
Flood control   18,869,760 18,869,760
Hydro   6,273,007,842 6,273,007,842
Industrial 95,063,562 962,600,038 1,057,663,600
Irrigation 48,539,717 1,149,894,295 1,198,434,012
Stock   3,832,332 3,832,332
Total 169,894,475 8,576,851,801 8,746,746,276

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Arable 263 4,699 4,962
Horticulture 1,630 24,524 26,154
Nursery 5 1 5
Pasture 4,244 128,469 132,713
Recreational   6 6
Viticulture 742 3,156 3,898
Total (ha) 6,884 160,854 167,739

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Tasman District Council

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 49 33 82
Hydro   8 8
Industrial 31 17 48
Irrigation 830 433 1,263
Stock   3 3
Total 910 494 1,404

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 358,561 41,863 400,424
Hydro   6,873,926 6,873,926
Industrial 195,709 3,374,416 3,570,124
Irrigation 2,617,341 2,374,460 4,991,801
Stock   749 749
Total 3,171,611 12,665,413 15,837,024

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Note: Some Industrial consents are non-consumptive

Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 9,322,586 1,088,438 10,411,024
Hydro   178,722,076 178,722,076
Industrial 5,088,427 87,734,806 92,823,233
Irrigation 41,207,797 37,525,272 78,733,069
Stock   19,474 19,474
Total 55,618,810 305,090,066 360,708,875

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 18,645,172 2,176,876 20,822,048
Hydro   357,444,152 357,444,152
Industrial 10,176,854 175,469,611 185,646,465
Irrigation 41,375,213 37,641,792 79,017,005
Stock   38,948 38,948
Total 70,197,239 572,771,379 642,968,618

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Note: Some Industrial consents are non-consumptive

Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Horticulture 4,147 3,072 7,219
Nursery 5   5
Pasture 4,028 4,818 8,846
Unspecified 6 81 87
Viticulture 173 391 564
Total 8,359 8,362 16,721

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Taranaki Regional Council

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 15 22 37
Hydro   11 11
Industrial 53 51 104
Irrigation 10 69 79
Stock 9 7 16
Total 87 160 247

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 82,699 1,061,308 1,144,007
Hydro   33,329,890 33,329,890
Industrial 122,640 1,427,745 1,550,385
Irrigation 35,578 1,025,799 1,061,377
Stock 6,191 13,296 19,487
Total 247,108 36,858,038 37,105,146

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 2,161,999 27,745,618 29,907,617
Hydro   871,338,542 871,338,542
Industrial 3,206,160 37,325,346 40,531,506
Irrigation 432,021 12,456,130 12,888,151
Stock 161,845 347,590 509,435
Total 5,962,025 949,213,226 955,175,251

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 4,323,997 55,491,236 59,815,234
Hydro   1,742,677,085 1,742,677,085
Industrial 6,412,320 74,650,692 81,063,012
Irrigation 432,021 12,456,130 12,888,151
Stock 323,690 695,180 1,018,871
Total 11,492,029 1,885,970,323 1,897,462,352

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Total
Horticultural 6 42 48
Nursery   15 15
Pasture 238 3,034 3,271
Recreational   33 33
 Total (ha) 244 3,123 3,367

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West Coast Regional Council

Consents (number)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 29 51 80
Hydro   27 27
Industrial 95 242 337
Irrigation 10 27 37
Total 134 347 481

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Weekly Allocation (m3/week)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 156,284 350,912 507,196
Hydro   21,606,963 21,606,963
Industrial 455,851 3,371,701 3,827,552
Irrigation 174,301 939,800 1,114,101
Total 786,436 26,269,376 27,055,812

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Seasonal Allocation (m3/season)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 4,063,388 9,123,710 13,187,098
Hydro   561,781,038 561,781,038
Industrial 11,852,117 87,664,224 99,516,341
Irrigation 2,788,822 15,036,797 17,825,620
Total 18,704,327 673,605,770 692,310,097

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Note: Summer season is the period October – March.

Annual Allocation (m3/year)

Primary use Groundwater Surface water Total
Drinking 8,126,775 18,247,421 26,374,196
Hydro   1,123,562,076 1,123,562,076
Industrial 23,704,233 175,328,448 199,032,681
Irrigation 2,788,822 15,036,797 17,825,620
Total 34,619,831 1,332,174,742 1,366,794,573

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Consented Irrigated Area (ha)

Use type Groundwater Surface water Strong
Arable   1,976 1,976
Nursery   0.1 0.1
Pasture 672 1,495 2,167
 Total 672 3,471 4,143

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